President Donald Trump vowed to do “something” with Greenland, the autonomous territory he has threatened to purchase or take over militarily, during his meeting with executives from some of the largest Big Oil companies.

The vast majority of Greenlanders, who are part of the Kingdom of Denmark, have said they do not want the United States to own them. Denmark has also stated Greenland is not up for grabs, and several European leaders have stressed that the United States cannot interfere with Greenland — with at least one, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, warning that if Trump were to engage in a military incursion it would mean the end of NATO.

“I would like to make a deal,” Trump told reporters on Friday afternoon.

“You know, the easy way, but if we don’t do it the easy way we’re gonna do it the hard way,” the president stressed.

“I’m a fan of Denmark, too, I have to tell you, and, you know, they’ve been very nice to me,” he continued. “Uh, I’m a big fan, but, you know, the fact that they had a boat land there 500 years ago doesn’t mean that they own the land, uh, sure, we had lots of boats go there also.”

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“We’re not gonna have Russia or China occupy Greenland, and that’s what they’re gonna do if we don’t,” Trump insisted, seemingly ignoring the role NATO plays.

“So we’re gonna be doing something with Greenland, either the nice way or the more difficult way,” he again said.

Some critics appeared to mock the president.

Marlow Stern, who teaches at the Columbia School of Journalism, asked, “does he know how america was discovered genuine question.”

“If having ‘a boat land there 500 years ago’ isn’t a basis to claim ownership of the land boy do i have some news for the self proclaimed ‘Heritage Americans,'” wrote Rolling Stone’s Nikki McCann Ramírez.

Trump on Greenland: If we do not do it the easy way, we will do it the hard way. By the way, I am a fan of Denmark. The fact they had a boat land there 500 years ago does not mean they own the land. We will be doing something with Greenland—the nice way, or the more difficult way pic.twitter.com/JBaQ5pNxvC

— Acyn (@Acyn) January 9, 2026

READ MORE: ‘Backroom Strategy Backfired’: Dem Cheers as Jordan Invites Jack Smith to Open Hearing

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In a surprising about-face, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan has agreed to allow former Special Counsel Jack Smith to testify before Congress in an open hearing — an outcome Democrats have been pursuing for months.

Smith investigated Trump and brought two federal indictments against President Donald Trump during the Biden era in two separate cases that ultimately ended without trial. In closed-door video testimony, Smith, it was recently revealed, said he had proof “beyond a reasonable doubt” in both cases.

“He’s coming in,” Chairman Jordan said of Smith in an interview on Friday, noting that it could be scheduled for as soon as this month. Politico reported that it “would be a politically high-stakes event for members of both parties and the White House.”

Politico reported Jordan said that one of the “key takeaways” in the transcript of Smith’s closed-door testimony, came when lawmakers asked: “did you [have] any evidence that President Trump was responsible for the violence that took place at the Capitol?’”

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“He had no evidence of that whatsoever,” Jordan said of the December interview with Smith.

But Smith, in his testimony, noted that the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol “does not happen” without Trump.

Meanwhile, some Democrats were “celebrating” the turn of events.

“After Republicans forced Jack Smith into a backroom interrogation and rejected our calls for an open public hearing, now they decide they want a public hearing with Jack Smith after all,” U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the Judiciary Committee’s Ranking Member, said in a statement. “Their backroom strategy backfired in historic fashion.”

“Even with many hours of private testimony, Republicans could not lay a glove on Jack Smith, his evidence, or his case,” Raskin added. “That will not change now that they have finally heeded our call to have him come testify publicly.”

“This upcoming hearing is a win for truth-seeking Americans and yet another looming humiliation for Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans, who depend on a daily diet of lies to keep their administration afloat.”

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The December jobs report brought unwelcome news for many American households: the job market is cooling, and health care remains one of the few sectors still hiring — as medical costs continue to strain budgets.

“The US economy added just 50,000 jobs in December, capping off one of the weakest years of job gains in decades,” CNN explained. 

New York Times economics reporter Ben Casselman noted it was “the slowest pace of growth since 2020.”

“This is pretty wild,” Casselman continued. “Health care & social assistance accounted for essentially ALL of private-sector job growth in 2025.”

Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal, reacted similarly.

“Wow,” she exclaimed. “2025 would have been a year of job LOSS without healthcare and social assistance.”

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Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health care policy at KFF, suggested the report landed hard for American households, revealing that in the numbers Long cited is a “double whammy.”

Seeing almost all job growth was in the health care sector, Levitt wrote: “This is, in a sense, a double whammy for affordability.”

“Jobs are hard to come by for many,” he noted, “while job growth in health care is a sign of increasing health care costs.”

In other words, Americans are getting squeezed from two directions.

With fewer jobs, and Americans struggling to find jobs — or good-paying jobs — they may have less income, effectively making goods and services less affordable.

On top of that, there are increasingly higher health care costs to contend with, in part thanks to the increased funds flowing through the health care system, and the increased premiums many using the Obamacare exchanges are seeing.

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